MERCHANTS FAST MOTOR LINES v. NEWMAN

No. 9940.

236 S.W.2d 646 (1951)

MERCHANTS FAST MOTOR LINES, Inc. et al. v. NEWMAN et al.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rawlings, Sayers, Scurlock & Daly, by Reagan Sayers, Scranton Jones, all of Fort Worth, for Merchants Fast Motor Lines, Inc.

J. T. Suggs, Dallas, Kenneth McCalla, Walter Caven and Austin L. Hatchell, all of Austin, for Texas & Pac. Ry. Co. and Texas & Pac. Motor Transport Co., Intervenors.

Price Daniel, Atty. Gen., Charles E. Crenshaw, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Railroad Commission of Tex.

Benton L. Templeton, Abilene, Tex., for Newman Motor Fr. Lines.

Smith, Rotsch & Steakley, by Herbert L. Smith, Austin, and Nelson, Montgomery & Robertson, by Otis E. Nelson, Jr., Wichita Falls, for Miller & Miller Fr. Lines.


HUGHES, Justice.

This suit was brought by Merchants Fast Motor Lines, Inc., against J. H. Newman, certain named persons doing business as Miller and Miller Freight Lines, and the Texas Railroad Commission.

The Texas and Pacific Railway Company and the Texas and Pacific Motor Transport Company intervened and are aligned with the plaintiff.

The purpose of the suit was to invalidate and enjoin the enforcement of an order of the Commission granting Newman...

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